Greetings Readers and Fellow Convention Fans!

We just had our second annual Dyersburg Comic and Pop Culture Convention, and it was another successful event! I was running my FLGS’s booth at the convention, as well as doing demos for Dice Masters, HeroClix, and board games. Our local convention is a smaller convention, but it has a huge heart! We had an increase in attendance, more cosplayers, more vendors, bigger guests, and lots more fun this year! I was so busy, I didn’t get a chance to meet all the vendors or do the interviews I wanted to do. I didn’t even get all the pictures I wanted. I promise to do better next year!

Cosplay

The cosplay contest saw more entries than last year, and also bigger cosplays! I wish I could have gotten pictures of everyone, but I did manage to snap a few. You can see them in the slideshow below.

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Artists

We had lots of returning artists, like John Lucas, Kelly Williams, and Larry Cathey of Heycat Comics. Kelly Williams did this amazing commission for me of The Shadow and Doctor Strange! I would absolutely love to see a team-up series with The Shadow and Doctor Strange done by Kelly Williams. I’m looking at you, Marvel and Dynamite!

There was a new guest artist this year, Mike Norton. His current work can be seen in the pages of the DC comic, Mystik U. Mike Norton is the co-creator of Revival and also the creator of Battlepug, which has five volumes. Mr. Norton was a pleasure to talk to and I’m super excited to have his signature on two of my Mystik U issues. The third and final issue is due out soon, so I’ll have to catch him at another convention to get that last signature!

There were lots of new vendors and artists and I sincerely regret that I can’t feature all of them, but I was able to stop by two vendors that were new this year and get some info on their work.

D Whitaker Ink

This man has some really cool and unique art. He spray paints all of his work! I regret missing all the demos he did Saturday, but I was able to catch a glimpse through the window while doing some demos of my own at the gaming tables. He’s very entertaining to watch. You can see a sample of his work in the slideshow below.

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You can find D Whitaker on Facebook at D Whitaker Ink and on Instagram at derek.whitaker.31 and I highly recommend that everyone go follow his pages! He also has much better pictures of his art on his pages than the ones I took from my video.

Oller’s Odditties

This artist has a variety of items that are super cool to see in person. Pictures do not do these items justice, and my pictures from my video are not even close to showing how cool these items are. You can see some of the awesome horror dolls below, but he has framed artwork and prop weapons as well. Be sure to check out Oller’s Odditties on Facebook!

Conclusion

I wish I had been able to get all of the content I wanted, but being a vendor at the convention with demo tables too will keep anyone busy! I promise to do a better job of covering this convention next year. I’ve already heard that attendance was up from last year and every vendor I had a chance to speak with said that they had a good time. I heard lots of cosplayers remarking on how polite the other attendees were when asking for pictures and interacting with them. That’s always a good thing to hear, especially when other conventions have had so many issues with disrespectful con-goers being inappropriate with cosplayers. I enjoy running the booth for my FLGS because I have a chance to meet so many different people. I spoke to an attendee that drove from over seven hours away to come see some of the guests at our convention. That is a big deal for a convention of this size and only in its second year!

I can’t wait to see how much the convention grows next year! I hope that all the attendees, vendors, and guests had a good time and enjoyed their visit to Dyersburg. If you weren’t here this year, you missed out! Better start planning for next year!

Thanks for reading! Remember, you can follow me on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook for Dice Masters, HeroClix, Board Games, and various other awesome content!

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